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I totally disagree, love VR and can make good money at it

Posted By: VR here on 2009-07-15
In Reply to: Oh God! Good luck!! - ALL VR STINKS!!

I have been doing now for about 4-5 years and hate it when I have anything straight to type. I have done this for over 30 years, have excellent speed at straight but Escription is a bowl of cherries where I work. I would never want to completely straight type again, never.


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I make good money with them and love working there. sm
Here is why: I have one account with a backup account that I have only used twice and both times because they needed help not because my primary was slow. I do 1600+ lines in 8 hours. I started at 8 cpl and was raised to 9 cpl at 90 days. I have as much work as I want and while my PTO days are less than the last place I was for 8 years, I make more during the year. I literally made $17K more with KS last year than I did with MQ the year before. I am higher this year.

I love Chartscript. The account I am on is wonderful and yes, I use ShortHand with it.

Good to me? I made $61K last year with them and so far this year, I am at $56K, so I will pass that for sure.

No to paid holidays but if you work them, it is time and a half.

If my account needs extra help, they offer time and a half for weekends.

I would rather work for less per line and be able to do more lines than make more per line but struggle to get 1000 lines in a day.

There are nay-sayers for KS. They are strict on quality and expect everyone to work their schedule. Not all accounts are great, but that's anywhere. The only people I know who left were either let go for either quality or not working their shift or they quit because their lead was about to fire them.
I totally disagree, I love Transcend... there are a lot of companies out there..
instead of complaining, why don't you find another. Life is way too short, as someone said.


If you want to make steady money then run away from FutureNet! Totally unstable workflow..nm
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I do VR and love it and yes you can make money but
you need a good platform to be able to do it. I work on Escription, possibly the best according to others who work on it also. I make 4 cents a line,the biggest percentage of my work day is VR but also have some straight thrown in. I do NOT use any keys to help me. I have done MTing now over 30+ years, no newbie here and fast speed of 120+. I usually average over $20 per hour. I am very familiar with my acct (same hospital job now for 19 years), hold my pedal down and fast forward as much as humanly possible and really like it much better than straight anymore. No secret on my end, just able to edit fast and yes, I do read each and every word and do not just let the work go through in order to make what I would consider decent money.
Maybe they are like me, love the platform, but can't make money with it
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I work at DDS and love it. Make great money!

Used to make good money
My income has dropped by $20,000 in the past 2 years working at Spheris, and from what I understand new hires get paid even less.
Its sad that we dont believe MTs can make good money at this job....

In the past 7 years that I have been an at-home IC (left my hospital job), I have made no less than $50k and this year, will hit my all-time high of $62K.  There are still good accounts out there, with great dictators that pay .10 to .11 cpl and if you are fast, with great macros and expanders, you can still make $40-$50/hr.  Experience and reliability are what get you top dollar and there are companies willing to pay.   Its sad we doubt those that make the good money.  Maybe there is a tad bit of jealousy there!


I don't struggle. I make good money.
But then again I have been doing this for 21 years, work for a national at nearly top pay. Not sure why the ones who are complaining do it. Well...actually I do think I know why SOME do it. They got fooled by the false advertising of MT schools. Work at home and make $50,000 per year. Yeah right. Not right out of school, nope! That would be the RARE case. And even being able to work from home right away would be difficult IMO. I learned SO MUCH from my coworkers during those first 10 years when I worked in office and in house at the hospital. All of that on the job experience made a big difference when I went home to work. Had I started working from home with just my MT school education....I would probably hate it too.


I make far more money on VR. I also get paid a good SM
line rate for it, so that helps. I am paid 7 cpl for VR.
You were given too many specialties/accts to make any good money.
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Keystrokes clinic MTs, do you make good money?

IME it's hard to make good money doing clinic when paid by the line; some of the notes are only two sentences long.  Just wondering if it's any better at Keystrokes, i.e., good combination of short and long notes.


So are all you Spheris posters able to make pretty good money there? .... sm

I have more than 25 years in this business, and I have always just steered clear of this company, but I either need to change who I work for or I need to supplement. 


I see they have production incentives, which I like.  I'm guessing you all like their system, if you are happy there.  How about their benefits - are they affordable?  Do you think their base pay is fair?  Are they flexible at all when it comes to you working your hours?  Are you happy with your account(s)?  Thanks for any specific info! 


WWWaah. I used to make good money til the health problems hit, now it seems hardly worth my time!
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I love the platform and make good $ on it. SM

I do believe it has to do with the accounts though.  I've used it for 4 hospitals and have made great money, both VR and straight typing.  VR gives me more than double the lines of typing but I do think it is an acquired skill.  Learn the shortcuts and use them.  It is also only as good as the team training the VR. 


On the other hand I've used it on a clinic account and the lines were just not coming in like they do in AC.  A very heavy, 90%, ESL verbatim account and I lasted all of 2 weeks on that account. 


I'd say I do about 90% VR and 10% straight typing and all in all I'm impressed with the accuracy of the VR. 


I totally disagree with you....sm
I've worked on other VR platforms and this one is far superior. 
I totally disagree with you.
I have done VR for about 4-5 years now using eScription. It is totally amazing to me because it picks up our ESLs even better than I could ever do and the English speaking doctors are also excellent. Don't know what system you were on but apparently from what I read of others, all systems are not equal. I love VR and it sure makes my life easier.
I don't totally disagree with you but...sm
I am one of those exceptional MTs who does work her schedule... always have, always will. I have never missed a day of work in all my years of being an at-home MT (over 13)and have more often than not worked over time and days off just to keep an account in turnaround.

After years and years of this dedication, as an IC mind you... my company makes us employees and now I am set to a schedule whether there's work there or not. In years past I could run errands or do something else when work was slow and then come back and do the work later in the day... I can't do that anymore. And the worst thing is, now I'm penalized for not making average lph... and it's not even my fault!!

I have been looking and looking for a company where I can work when there's work. I don't have a problem working a set schedule if there's work when I'm required to be there.

I know the trend these days is for the wannabe MTs to come and go as you please, produce sloppy work, and just have a fun job they can do from home whenever and however they feel like it... but this attitude has ruined it for all of us oldies who have been dedicated MTs and have always taken this job and this career seriously!

I am so tired of being the one who has to pay the price for all the crack-downs and cuts that have been made just to rein in these slacker MTs. It isn't working on them anyway and it has driven the good MTs out of this business because we can't make a living wage anymore... this has fractured the whole industry.

I don't totally blame the MTs and I don't totally blame the MTSOs, both are accountable in some ways, but I do think there is some middle ground that could be found here. If an MTSO would put her foot down and demand the slacker MT step up to the plate and do her job or lose it, that would help a lot. I don't understand why they can't (or won't) do that.

I would love to work for an MTSO who would appreciate my dedication and willingness to work and not be afraid to pay a decent rate for it, but those MTSOs are hard to find and probably don't even exist anymore as they are tired of dealing with the slacker MTs too and are finding it hard to compete with the prices that the off-shore companies are offering their clients... Many of the MTSOs are probably getting out of the business too... or shipping it overseas.

Sorry for the rant... It's been a long week... and it's only Wednesday!!!
Totally disagree
I have to totally disagree with the comment about Spheris' speech recognition program. Cornerstone is extremely user friendly and makes speech recognition a breeze.

Now, as far as Spheris as a company....well, if I didn't work here already, I wouldn't hire on here.
I totally disagree with you. I left a (sm)
company where the QA staff had less experience then most of the MTs and they were all on a power trip and did nothing correct.

The QA at Medware are all very good in my opinion! Very helpful and certainly NOT on a power trip!
Totally disagree with your statement

The dictated H&P, CS, OP, DS reports are not so the hospital can be paid.  It is to provide continuity of care - aside from being a Joint Commission requirement upholding quality patient care.  JC decides the time lines these reports must be dictated and transcribed within.  It is NOT just so the coders can code or the hospital can get paid.  I transcribed a lot of reports from victims of 9/11.  They needed their transfer reports to go with them to their rehab or long-term facilities so the second facility would know the facts of their medical needs and how to care for them secondarily.


I don't know if you were around a few years back when many ER departments switched to a checklist to eliminate transcribed reports.  When the hospitals were audited and failed documentation requirements, the checklists were abandoned and a return was made to dictated reports.  The only checklists left in ERs now are for visits considered to be very low level triage patient not seen by a physician or PA.


Yes, there are rules about what must be included in all those reports, but that is a different topic and not linked to continuity of care.


Hope this clarifies some issues for you.


I totally disagree since I used to work at the Q sm
previously. I find Wbx much better, although things seem to be slow right now. Every company has highs and lows in work; from what I understand they are waiting for new accts to start, due to no fault of the company's. I'm sure MQ will take you back if you think it's better there.
Totally disagree with some things you are saying
I have ESLs as well as American doctors and the majority of them are NOT good dictators and Escription does a fantastic job so that is 1 sentence shot down. #2 - my acct was trained by at least 100 or more MTs and the ES again fantastic. Next you will be saying people who are not fast typists will actually do better on VR. I think most places using VR will have a great variety of dictators, slow and fast. It all evens out.
Amherst so we make less money and they get more money for MQ and bigger bonuses. Our guidelines came
from Amherst.
Money is not the root of all evil, the LOVE of money is. nm
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yep, gotta spend money to make money. NM
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I doubt you will make enough money in 5 hours a week to make
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I disagree; I love MDI-Fl. Things have been
great. If anything, I get more communication than I really need
You and I disagree on that end. I make myself
available. I specify why and not to just call to call, but if something is really important, I let them know that I am there to answer any and all questions.
I disagree. I love Meditech and it is not slow. I currently do 400 lines/hour with sm
my Expander and have no connecting problems. It is not a dial-up connection, it is VPN with DSL. That might be the difference.

There are also two types of Meditech, Client and Magic. I use Magic and love it and Client is supposed to be even better because it is Word-based.

Different strokes for different folks.
I disagree...I make a nice $37,000 a year, which is
really good for my area, paid hourly rather than production. I worked my way up to get to this point. I guess it depends on how you look at it and your lifestyle.
Totally agree,I love ExText
I have been working in ExText for months and love it. All of my lines are very accurate and I make an awesome line count every day working in it. I wouldn't want to work on any other platform!
I'm with them. Good work environment, easy accounts and I'm making really good money. nm

I don't believe it - I work there too, have to earn my money - but I love it there.

You won't be able to make any money there.
Especially if you have to enter ALL of the patient info.
MAKE MONEY ?
How on earth can anybody make a decent pay with this editing crap?? It is not user-friendly...it is slow and they pay is even more crapier !
Can you make any money?

Hi all,


Just wondering if if is possible to make much money doing transcription for these companies at home.  I just started with one and they are very nice, professional, etc. etc., however I feel I am moving along at quite a good pace and am just making a little over $10 an hour.  I was hoping for more like $25.  Is it possible anywhere?  Let me know what the average pay is?


I wish I would get more OPS, always make more money with them.
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I think MTs believe NO ONE should make money but them!
If no profit is to be made, no one will be in business - whether it is a small MTSO, an MT on her own, or a national. Heck, even a hospital will close if it isn't making profit!

Business is to make money. Competition is so high for companies/MTSOs. It's not the MTSOs fault, is it? No. They have a right to make a profit for their work.

I'm like you: I don't agree with everything going on in the profession but I am very happy with my work and always have been. I can accept the things that I cannot change. Otherwise, if I am unhappy, I move on. No sense sitting around being glib about something you have every opportunity to change.
Sometimes you make LESS money
Because of having rounded experience, you sometimes get all the crap/scrap work.

How do you make money like this?
Are most of the reports full listens? Does it balance out with lots of reports with only 1 or 2 blanks? I'm considering an offer and need to know if I can make any money with Focus on escription?
How do you make money on VR?
Please tell me how to make $50 an hour with Escription.  I need to be making more than 7cpl.  My husband can't work so I have to take care of my kids.  Please email me any info on how to make money on Escription.  Thanks so much
At TT, can I really make as much money with VR
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LOL I totally agree! I love your cat versus hairball analogy! :-) nm
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Yep, greed. The love of money is the root of all evil. NM
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make more money at Wal-Mart
and they give you a piece of the company


lol
Etransplus--can you make money there
Does anyone know about etransplus.  Upon until now the feedback I have gotten has been pretty good looking through the posts.  I was really taken aback by the amount of styles they have.  Wow, what a change for me.  I know I can get used to it, but I know I'm going to probably take some time.  How do their line counts jive with a character count line?  I really liked the fact that they offered insurance for 900 lines a day.  That is great.  I hope I can bang out the lines!
At Spheris, if you want to make more money
you have to go to a higher level account, period.

That is the only fair way to do this, in my opinion.
so why not buy a few shares and make money off them anyway?
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I make great money there
I do not do radiology, but ER and basic 4, and I make 10 cpl, have tons of work, and make a great living there. That is just my own experience. Others may have had different experiences there.
You can make a lot more money than that at home
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